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- ↑ Reader's Digest - European of the Year 2013
- ↑ Stimme des Volkes: Thomas Minder ist der Europäer des Jahres 2014. In: presseportal.de 21 January 2014
- ↑ 1000 Milliarden Bäume für unsere Zukunft: Das Magazin Reader's Digest zeichnet den 17-jährigen Zukunfts-Aktivisten Felix Finkbeiner als "Europäer des Jahres 2015" aus In: presseportal.de 20 January 2015
- ↑ Chief anticorruption prosecutor Kovesi awarded 'European of the Year' by Reader's Digest In: www.agerpres.ro 18 January 2016
- ↑ European of the Year: Boyan Slat Wants to Clean Up the Oceans In: www.readersdigest.ca 18 January 2017
- ↑ Zum Wegwerfen zu schade! In: www.readersdigest.de 29 January 2020
- ↑ "WMO head is named European of the Year by Readers[sic] Digest". 18 January 2021. Archived from the original on December 18, 2023.